Macbeth

Macbeth


Shakespeare's tragedy, also called The Tragedy of Macbeth was probably first performed in 1606. Shakespeare offers a lesson in the perils of being overly ambitious and consumed by guilt. How far he fell, from celebrated war hero to a waif of a man, suffering all forms of physical and psychological damage. Don't hark to Lady MacBeth's counsel, there's few or none will entertain it thee doth!

Song of the Witches, Macbeth, Act IV, sc. i


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